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FRANK PIERCE
(Obituary ~ 12/20/92)
Frank Pierce, 86, of St. Louis, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1992. The funeral will be Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today.
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BE OUR GUEST: TELEFUTURE 2 PROPOSAL CAN PROVIDE LONG-TERM BENEFITS FOR MISSOURI
(Column ~ 12/20/92)
Craig Felzien is a resident of Cape Girardeau and the area manager of community relations for Southwestern Bell Telephone. Important public policy will be decided on by the Missouri Public Service Commission in the next few months. Have you heard about it?...
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BENTSEN WILL TELL TALE ON MUCH OF CLINTON'S PRESIDENCY
(Column ~ 12/20/92)
Laura D'Andrea Tyson is hardly a household name for most Americans. This University of California-Berkeley economist is President-elect Clinton's pick to head the White House Council of Economic Advisers. If MIT graduate Dr. Tyson has her way, Americans will be paying significantly higher taxes...
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CAIRO UTILITY CUSTOMERS RECEIVE HOLIDAY PLRESENT
(Local News ~ 12/20/92)
CAIRO, Ill. -- More than 2,700 people in a Southern Illinois area stretching from Anna to Cairo are receiving an early Christmas present a reduction in their winter heating bills. In a move that will save its natural gas customers more than a half-million dollars over a four-month period, the Cairo Public Utility commission (CPUC) has agreed to a temporary rate reduction that will see reductions ranging from 15 to 35 percent...
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EMILIE TENTING
(Obituary ~ 12/20/92)
Emilie L. Tenting, 93, died Friday, Dec. 18, 1992 at the Lutheran Home. She was born Oct. 29, 1899 at New Wells, the daughter of August and Christina Lindner Reisenbichler. She married Harry Tenting on Dec. 25, 1927 in St. Louis, and he preceded her in death in August 1945...
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JOSEPH A. LAURENTIUS
(Obituary ~ 12/20/92)
Joseph A. Laurentius, 90, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Cape LaCroix Manor Nursing Home. He was born July 29, 1902, at Glennon, to Joseph and Mary Radin Laurentius On Aug. 10, 1926, Laurentius married Mary VanGennip at Glennon. She preceded him in death on Dec. 3, 1985...
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GENE C. BINFORD
(Obituary ~ 12/20/92)
SIKESTON - Gene C. Binford, 57, of 101 Maplewood in Sikeston, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1992, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 11, 1935, in Matthews, Mo., son of Samuel and Inez Williams Binford. He married Gloria A. Clay on Nov. 11, 1955, in Sardis, Miss...
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NELSON E. SIEVERS
(Obituary ~ 12/20/92)
JACKSON - Nelson E. Sievers, 63, of Jackson, died Friday Dec. 18, 1992 at the Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 24, 1929 at Jackson, the son of Walter and Lydia Fluegge Sievers. He married Bonnie Brock on April 16, 1982 in Las Vegas, and she survives...
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RELLERGERT INFANT
(Obituary ~ 12/20/92)
PERRYVILLE - Christopher Allen Rellergert, infant son of David and Peggy Pingel Rellergert, was stillborn Thursday, Dec. 17, 1992 at Southeast Hospital. Survivors include a sister, Samantha L. Rellergert; paternal grandparents Linus and Mary Ann Rellergert, of Apple Creek; and maternal grandmother, Rosella Pingel of Perryville;...
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GOLDIA E. BURNS
(Obituary ~ 12/20/92)
OLIVE BRANCH - Goldia E. Burns, 76, of Olive Branch, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 5, 1916 at Olive Branch, the daughter of Joseph and Amanda (Light) Kelley. On July 11, 1933, she married Otis Burns, who preceded her in death on Jan. 24, 1988...
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GLENN KESSEL
(Obituary ~ 12/20/92)
ULLIN, Ill. - Glenn Kessel, 26, of Ullin, died Friday, Dec. 18, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born in Cape Girardeau, on June 9, 1966, to Dean and Ruth Misselhorn Kessel of Ullin. On April 15, 1989, he married Melanie Cox. She survives, along with his parents, and one daughter, Ashley Kessel of the home. Other survivors include a brother, Randy Kessel of Union City, Tenn., and his paternal grandparents, Bill and Electa Kessel of Chester...
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COUNCIL SHOULD REVIEW PROCEDURES OF MEETINGS
(Editorial ~ 12/20/92)
Municipal government, especially in a city the size of Cape Girardeau, is perhaps the purest form of representative government. A reason for this is its accessibility: the meetings are held locally with officials who share their constituents' city address. ...
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PEOPLE WORK TO KEEP CHRISTMAS STORY ALIVE
(Column ~ 12/20/92)
What might have been going on in the Strip in the year 1 B.C.? I don't mean the Hollywood or Las Vegas Strips. They were probably only virgin territories. I mean the strip of land from Mt. Hermon in what was then Phonecia, now on the Syria-Lebanon border, to the tip end of the Negev Desert, then known as Judea, now as Israel, a distance of about 160 miles as the crow flies...
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CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS BRING JOY, COLOR
(Column ~ 12/20/92)
Christmas customs bring joy, gaiety, color and fragrance into our homes. Have you ever wondered how some of our traditions began or how the holiday is observed in other countries? Decorated Christmas trees, bringing fresh evergreen scents into our homes is fairly recent in the centuries celebrating the birth of the Christ Child...
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